2019 DAIC Annual Meeting
Library of Virginia
8:30 — Coffee & Welcoming Remarks
- Kathleen Jordan, Library of Virginia
- Loren Moulds, University of Virginia Law Library
9:00 — 10:15
Virginia Untold: African American Narratives at the Library of Virginia
Narratives of people revealed from the work of ongoing projects using state and local records, papers, and newspapers housed at the Library of Virginia
- Errol Somay, Library of Virginia, Director, Virginia Newspaper Project<
- Greg Crawford, Library of Virginia, Local Records Program Manager
- Tracy Harter, Library of Virginia, Senior Local Records Archivist
- Vincent Brooks (Moderator) Library of Virginia, Senior Local Records Archivist
10:15 - 10:30 — Break
10:30 — 11:45
Show & Tell: New and Upcoming Digital Projects from Around Virginia
Jessica H. Ritchie, Old Dominion University
History on Screen: An Overview of ODU Libraries’ Pilot Project to Digitize 600 News Films
Mark Edwin Peterson, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Scattered Leaves: Comparing the Availability and Searchability of the Wilson and Roosevelt Papers
Lindsey M. Chervinsky, White House Historical Association
Slavery in the Presidents Neighborhood: A New Resource and Database
Jeannine Keefer, University of Richmond
East End Collaboratory Digital Archive
- Randall Flaherty (Moderator), University of Virginia School of Law
11:45 - 1:15 — Lunch
Hit the streets for lunch in lovely Richmond
1:15 — 2:15
The Stories We Tell: Complicating Institutional Narratives Through Archival Expansion
Moderated panel considering differing methodologies for expanding institutional archives and the stories an institution tells about itself using the University of Richmond’s Race and Racism Project
- Shira Greer
- Meghna Melkote
- Jisu Song
- Nicole Maurantonio (Moderator)
2:15 - 2:25 — Break
2:25 — 3:25
Community-Engaged Learning through Oral Histories and Community Archives
- Kevin Hegg, James Madison University Libraries
- Kirsten Mlodynia, James Madison University Libraries
- Bodeene Amyot, James Madison University Libraries & University of Oregon Libraries
- Jeanette Patrick, George Washington's Mount Vernon (Moderator)
3:25 - 3:35 — Break
3:35— 4:35
Positioning Digital Archives as Scholarly Endeavor
Benjamin Brands, George Mason University
Letters Home: The Jerome Epstein Papers, Digital Archives, and Public History
Robert K. Nelson, University of Richmond
Between the Argumentative and the Archival
- Loren Moulds (Moderator), University of Virginia School of Law
4:45 — 5:15
Lightning Round & Closing Remarks
Institutionalized: Reappraising Documentation of Enslaved Individuals at George Mason University's Special Collections Research Center
Amanda Brent, George Mason University Libraries
The Good, the Bad, and the Hate Mail: The Challenges and Merits of Digitizing C-SPAN Records
Kelsey M. Kim, George Mason University Libraries
3 minute informal presentations, open to all attendees.